Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2015 · Audiobook · Recommended
About This Book
It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're calling it Freedom Summer.
Meanwhile, Sunny can't help but feel like her house is being invaded, too. She has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister crowding her life, giving her little room to breathe. And things get even trickier when Sunny and her brother are caught sneaking into the local swimming pool -- where they bump into a mystery boy whose life is going to become tangled up in theirs.
As she did in her groundbreaking documentary novel COUNTDOWN, award-winning author Deborah Wiles uses stories and images to tell the riveting story of a certain time and place -- and of kids who, in a world where everyone is choosing sides, must figure out how to stand up for themselves and fight for what's right.
Meanwhile, Sunny can't help but feel like her house is being invaded, too. She has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister crowding her life, giving her little room to breathe. And things get even trickier when Sunny and her brother are caught sneaking into the local swimming pool -- where they bump into a mystery boy whose life is going to become tangled up in theirs.
As she did in her groundbreaking documentary novel COUNTDOWN, award-winning author Deborah Wiles uses stories and images to tell the riveting story of a certain time and place -- and of kids who, in a world where everyone is choosing sides, must figure out how to stand up for themselves and fight for what's right.
Series Placement
Awards
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2015 · Ten to Fourteen · Recommended
Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children
2015 · Children's Fiction · Honor Book
Golden Kite
2015 · Fiction · Winner
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
2015 · Books for Older Children · Honor Book
Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize
2015 · Young Adult · Finalist
SIBA Book Award
2015 · Young Adult · Finalist
Listen Up
2014 · Audiobk Narrator of Year · Editor's Choice
Listen Up
2014 · Children/Young Adult · Special Recognition
National Book Award
2014 · Young People's Literature · Finalist
Parents Choice Award (Spring) (2008-Up)
2014 · Historical Fiction · Approved
